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Franklin Avenue takes up the rumors that Star 98.6 (KYSE-FM) will switch to a country format, filling the void left by the loss of 93.9 KZLA. Or might it be KBIG? Clear Channel owns them both. Also on Franklin Avenue is the new look for schlocky Channel 56, OC's KDOC-TV. One reader complains that "Perry Mason" has been taken off the nighttime schedule. It's still on at noon.
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.